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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Distance Education- Distancing Students from Education…

When I decided to pursue my studies few years ago, there
were lots of obstacles strewn on my path. First, I did not have any
certificates of past, as my hubby dear in his fit of madness had once torn into
pieces all my TC’s and marks cards. Gone with it were my birth certificate and
rest of the important documents which were needed for enrollment in distance
education. It was then that I remembered that I had not collected my TC and
marks card from PUC earlier, because I was married off in middle of exams back
then. So I went ahead and collected those certificates and applied for my B.A.
exams.

I heard a lot about distance education which was a boon to
students like me who wanted to pursue higher education but could not attend
regular college. Unfortunately, my experience for the last three years has been
quite contradictory. I have learned a
hard way, that by Distance Education they mean creating distance between
education and student.

As a hard working student, the evaluation of my papers has
shocked me, especially the English papers. It is shocking that people, who are
into distance education, do not take it seriously at all. In my first year, I
was somewhat surprised with my English language marks which were just 60%
because I had done my paper way better than that. As it was not a core subject,
I ignored the issue. In second year, my marks in psychology (69), English
optional (60) and English language (56) was again way below what I deserved. So
I went for re-evaluation. To my utter
shock my marks were further reduced by 35%. When I called up to ask, the person
from the evaluation department who is registrar of evaluation told me that this
is what I get for not being satisfied with first class marks. He was quite rude
to me and said it is the professors who do the corrections and we should be
satisfied with the marks they give us. He was short tempered, childish and
lacked even basic social skills. I got in touch with the VC who was
surprisingly a bit helpful person who listened to my woes and tried to help. He
finally could not do anything as the rules say that there is nothing a student
can do to challenge the re-evaluation. I let the issue go and continued with my
third year.

Once again for the third year in my English papers the marks
were way below my expectations. I applied for a photocopy this time around, so
that I could check it out with lecturers before going to re-evaluation.
Actually, the university had succeeded in scaring me away from re-evaluation as
I was afraid they may go ahead and fail me. I wanted to be sure I deserved
better marks before going ahead. The photocopies were sent only after the date
of the re-evaluation was past. When I consulted the English lecturers in
college in Bangalore, they were all of opinion that my papers deserved a
minimum of 75% marks where as I got just 44 and 56 percent in them. Nothing
could be done as the day for applying for re-evaluation was past. Law and
courts were tough things to handle with a special needs child at home. I surrendered
to the results and said, let me work hard for M.Sc. now.

If anyone thinks, this is the end of the ordeal, hold your
breath for the show stopper. When my marks card arrived, I could not believe my
eyes when I saw the results as failed. They
had given me 0% marks in two English papers. I checked the name, the registration number
etc just to be sure. Yes the evaluation dept. had done it again. I called up
the evaluation department and talked to one of the responsible officers there,
who was not willing to listen and said casually“send the entire marks card back
to the university and let me see what can be done”. No explanation of what,
where, when or how. I called up again, a different evaluator this time who
would again not listen initially. I kept persisting with my calls, and finally
got his attention. The conversation I had with him was unbelievable. He accused
me of not studying, not writing exams etc until I could butt in, when he
stopped to take breath, and told him I have the photocopies of my answers sheets
that states I have passed the exams. This made him listen to me and he asked “what
are your marks in the answer sheets and on the website”. When I explained it,
he said it was my misfortune (not their mistake) that this has happened and
asked me send the original marks card back to KSOU. I asked him which
department it should be addressed to. That made him burst out in anger, that if
I do not know this simple thing then how I passed the exam at all.

With the terrible mistake they had committed, there was not
a drop of remorse in the evaluation registrars; instead they were trying to
make me feel that it was my entire mistake. I had doubts about sending my marks
card and waiting for them to correct it so I tried calling up the VC as I had a
genuine reason to consult him regarding my situation. When I called his number,
a woman representing his office picked up the call and told me that I cannot
speak to the VC about marks card issues as this should be discussed only with
the evaluation registrar. Though I tried very hard, I failed to convince them
that it was necessary for me to talk to the VC.

As a last resort, I called up the VC through his personal
number, wondering how he would respond. Fortunately, he was not like his
subordinates, not only was he willing to listen carefully but assured me that
he would resolve the issue as soon as possible if I could visit his office with
required documents. I explained that it would be difficult for me visit him
immediately as it is tough to find a
caretaker for my daughter, so he asked me send it along with someone or post it
to his office.

With great help from a Good Samaritan person in Mysore, who
visited the university on my behalf quite often, the issue is resolved and
finally I received my passing certificate.

What shocked me through my three years experience with KSOU
is the attitude of the people who represent distance education. They do not have
any respect for the system they are representing. I have heard from a reputed
lecturer of KSOU that they hesitate to give marks above 70% in theory papers to
students as it is not possible to score more than that in distance education.
Though I have passed Psychology with a total aggregate of 73%, I know my papers
deserved way more than that.

With the attitude I have seen towards Distance Education in
past three years not only from the educators, but also family and friends, I
feel it will only create more distance between a student and education. The people,
who seem to lend support for me even when I am down with headache, did not
understand what trauma I was going through due to my results. Many rubbished it
off, saying after all it is just distance education and such things do happen. Most
of the people who were experienced in the field of education said that nothing
can be done, and I should just write the supplementary exams. When I tried
talking to my study center department, they were afraid to accuse the University
of being unfair to a student even when I had proof with me. Thank God, I had
the courage and patience to deal with this situation. Whew!

Now I wonder why have the system of distance education at
all and make students go through the exercise of writing exam and getting a
degree if it does not hold any value.

I hope and pray that people will change their attitude towards
distance education and make it is really a boon for those people who due to
some unfortunate circumstances cannot attend regular college. Thanks to the VC
of KSOU Mr.Rangappa I can now move ahead with my dreams of higher education.

36 comments:

Well, I agree in India, distance education is not of much importance. This is one reason I hesitate to take admission in MBA Distance learning programmes.

However I want to share that not only distance education, but several technical universities in India have the same scenario. When I was in B.Tech, there was a trend that after completing full question paper we used to expect just 33% marks.

My dream is to do M.S. in psychology and then may be try for a P.hd. Because of the restrictions life has thrown at me, I have the only option of going ahead with distance education.Sorry to hear about your evaluation pattern. Very Sad.

Very sad experience. In my opinion, in the current times, college education is a waste of time. There is so much better content to learn from on the internet and general books. It is better if the system moves towards common standard international certifications. As of now, more than the learning it is a question of demand and supply in job markets. Anybody and everybody can acquire distant education.Due to the high supply, the demand is low.

Sad but laughing story. I always appreciate distance education. But some universities maintains some rules and regulation like they are pure like constitution of India. They make distance education their own property. You can try some other universities like Sikkim Manipal University, Lovely Professional University Distance Education which offer courses in about every language with English majority.

I am glad that the VC at least handled the situation very well and pulled the strings when it was brought to his notice. I don't blame him not just because he solved my problem but also because it is impossible for one single person to check everything happening in the university which has nearly 2 lakh students enrolled.

Mine was regular course but I faced the same situation. The results were lower than I expected and they did not change even after re-evaluation. Till date I blame the university for my poor aggregate and believe me I deserved better.

really feel bad that you had such an experience.... but seriously distance education is a boon for those who want to learn while being on the job ... As for me I don't think I have been created by the almighty to study - distance education or otherwise !

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